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PRESIDENT AND WILLKIE
Only insiders know it, but after
the President held his press confer
ence denying he had sent a letter
,to Wendell Willkie, Judge Sam
Rosenman and Steve Early rushed
up to his desk and remonstrated
that he had made a bad mistake.
They were afraid FDR had re
buffed the man who had gone down
the line for him 100 per cent on
taxes, foreign policy and the war.
“They caught me a little unpre
pared on that one,” the President
admitted ruefully. “However, I
tried to tell them it was a personal
question. I didn’t want to embar
rass Willkie by letting people think
he and I had a political deal.”
Later, the President repeated to
some of his cabinet that he hadn’t
expected the quesf on at his news
conference. Explaining that he
wanted to talk to Willkie about post
war peace plans and foreign policy,
not politics, he indicated that he
would go ahead with his plans for
the talk regardless of what had hap
pened.
The> President was quite irked that
news about his letter to the former
Presidential candidate had leaked
out. Only a few people knew the
letter existed. The carbon copy was
not filed with his regular cor
respondence, and the first draft of
the letter had been written in his
own handwriting for Grace Tully,
his secretary, to copy.
Despite this, Willkie began to get
queries about the letter two weeks
after he received it. The news men
making the inquiries cited White
House sources, said they had the
tip from Presidential secretaries.
Willkie made no comment, never
admitted receiving the letter, but he
got the impression that the White
House wanted the story out.
Therefore, you could have
knocked him over with a feather
when the President replied to news
men last week that he didn’t know
anything about writing Willkie a let
ter.
Immediately after the White
House denial appeared in the press,
Willkie’s phone began buzzing with
Republican friends warning him
that Roosevelt would always kick
him in' the teeth. They urged him
to come out for Dewey.
ARMY DEMOBILIZATION PLAN
Here is the inside story on White
House-war department plans for de
mobilizing part of the army after
the defeat of Germany. The war de
partment is planning to release
about 2,000,000 men immediately
after a German armistice.
Under this plan, the army will set
up a point system for every man
in the service, and men with suffi
cient points will be retired. Here is
how the points will be calculated:
1. For each month in the serv
ice, every man will receive one
point.
2. Each month overseas will
count an additional point.
fc. For each battle honor, a
nan will receive four points.
4. The congressional medal of
honor or legion of merit win
count four additional points.
5. Each bronze star denoting
service in battle will count four
additional points.
6. For every child, a soldier
will receive eight points.
7. Married men without chil
dren will also receive eight
extra points.
There are still several important
gaps in this program which the
army and the White House have not
yet filled in. There still is no special
credit for age. However, it is al
ready decided that, because the
army will have a greater need for
air men in the Pacific, a separate
system will be set up for discharg
ing air corps veterans. Of course,
the basic point which everybody
wants to know is: “How many points
will a man need to get out?” ’that
has not yet been determined.
It has been determined, however,
that at the end of the Atlantic war,
the navy does not plan to release
any of its men.
It can also be revealed that
President Roosevelt is anxious to
discharge hardship cases first.
When the President discussed
this plan recently with several
senators, they asked him how he
planned to handle the problem
of policing Germany and other
occupied enemy territory after
the armistice. He replied that
he hoped to do so by using men
who have learned to like the
army, plus professional sol
diers who were in the army be
fore die selective service pro
gram got under way. He also
plans to nse men who have had
no overseas experience and
want to volunteer for it now.
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/ CAPITAL CHAFF
C Busman’s holiday: Walter Win-
chell sitting in the Stork club until
all hours of the night — on a vaca
tion.
C. Seen at the Capitol: Senator Rus
sell oi Georgia carefully teaching a
stray dog to go through the revolv
ing doors of the senate office build
ing. The pup had got penned up in
side the senate.
.C. Politicos are watching the cam
paign of Colorado newspaper pub
lisher Arthur Wimmell against
GOP Congressman Chenoweth.
Shaves and Shines Given to Invasion Yanks
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Because few Chinese have any hair on their faces until they reach an advanced age, the shaving engaged
in by American soldiers seems to be a most unusual operation. Here, Corp. Harvey H. Powell, a horse-
shoer with a veterinary company in China, but a barber on the side, exercises his tonsorial art on Pvt.
Stanley C. Phillips of Dayton, Ohio, to the amusement of Chinese soldiers. Pfc. James P. Royle, Boston,
Mass., wants to look neat during the invasion, so Italian youngster shines up his shoes. Italian youngsters
soon found that they could earn good money with a shoe shining kit in almost any camp.
American Troops Continue Advances Into France
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This railroad bridge, east of Toulon, was demolished by the retreating Huns as Allied forces continued
to push steadily inland on the southern coast of France. The Nazis left little in the way of railroad tracks or
bridges or highway for the advancing Allied armies. Engineer units were soon able, however, to repair or
rebuild bridges and roads so that operations were not materially slowed down. The Yanks march past an
eight-foot steel and concrete wall that runs the length of a beach in southern France.
All They’re Fit for Is Hanging
American soldiers examine pictures of high ranking Nazis discovered
in a French hotel, formerly occupied by German officers. In nearly all
former German officers’ quarters captured by the Allies, large collec
tions of photographs were found. In removing their personal effects they
made no attempt to save photographs of Nazi leaders.
Japanese Prisoners of Chinese
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Hero of Children
French youngsters throng abont
Lieut. Gen, Omar Bradley, com
mander of TL S. forces in northern
France, as he tours St. Brice. Any
American soldier is a subject for
hero worship with these children, a
general is “something speciaL”
Takes Small Army
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The picture of defeat, these Japanese soldiers who surrendered to the
Chinese rather than be killed, are being led down to the Salween river,
southwest China, to be ferried back to headquarters for questioning.
They are only a small part of the prisoners who have been taken during
the present Burma road campaign, which attests to its success.
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Sergt. Alexander Balter of Pitts
burgh, Pa., a mighty-talking fighting
man. He smooth-talked 400 Nazis
to surrender their three strong
points on the outskirts of Brest.
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A NY time you crawl out on the
end of a limb, you’ve got to be
ready for the limb to crack. We
moved into that position recently
when we attempted to name an all-
time National 'league outfield.
In the wake of this nomination
we “heard the shots fired around
the world,” includ
ing the South Pa
cific and the Euro
pean front. Our
nominations were
Fred Clarke of
the Pirates, Terry
Moore of the Cardi
nals, Mel Ott of the
Giants and Jimmy
Sheckard of the
Dodgers and the
Cubs.
Then the fusillade GrantUnd Rice
opened — “What
about Zach Wheat of the Dodgers?”
“What about Ross Young of the Gi
ants?” “What about Stan Musial of
the Cardinals?” There were others—
George Burns of the Giants, Mike
DonUn of the Giants, Wildfire Schulte
of the Cubs, Circus Solly Hof man
of the same team, Roush of Cincin
nati, Klein of Philadelphia, not for
getting Paul Waner of Pittsburgh
and Brooklyn, Med wick of the Car
dinals, Dodgers and Giants.
These were among the leading
counter-attacks thrown at our top
selections, covering only the last 40
years. That’s as far back as we
feel like walking, or looking.
In spite of the heavy barrage
thrown in our direction, we still stick
with our original pick, admitting that
Mike Donlin, Zach Wheat, Paul Wa
ner and Pep Young would be serious
challengers.
Here is our testimony: Fred
Clarke and Jimmy Sheckard, old-
timers, are better than the modem
crowd knows. Far better. Terry
Moore is the best defensive outfield
er the National league ever looked
at, a ball player with a fiery spirit
who was also a strong man on the
offensive side, a normal .300 hitter.
I don’t have to tell you any more
about Mel Ott, the lone National
leaguer who could match the best of
the A. L. in power. Leave off Mel
Ott and you slip in a machine gun
for a howitzer or a navy 16-mcher.
American League Better
I can name you two sets of Ameri
can league outfielders who for total
value outclass the pick of the Na
tional.
Here they are: No. 1—Cobb, Ruth,
Speaker. No. 2—Joe Jackson, Di-
Maggio, Ted Williams.
This second American league out
field is much better than any top
outfield we can pick from the Na
tional. There can’t be any argument
over Cobb, Speaker and Ruth, or
Ruth, Cobb and Speaker. And they
have only a brief nod over Jackson,
DiMaggio and WiHiams, especially
on the run-making side.
I don’t believe my fervid assault
ers can pick a National league out
field as good as the second'Ameri
can league trio I have named. Those
who. think they can would make
poor scouts.
Bill Dickey will tell you that Ted
Williams was the greatest hitter he
ever saw and Bill played with Ruth,
Gehrig and DiMaggio. DiMaggio
was something more than a great
hitter. Joe was a great ball player,
about 50-50 with Tris Speaker on de
fense.
Into Deeper Trouble
Here is a race where we ran a
poor last.
A marine sergeant sent us this
problem from somewhere in the Pa
cific, a problem starting an uproar
with several‘'hundred'dollars bet:
It seems that with two out the next
man up took a swing at the third
strike. He missed the strike but the
ball struck his shoulder, bounded
away, and he ran to first.
The marine sergeant claimed he
was out. The infantry didn’t think
so.
I agreed with the infantry. Trust
ing foolishly to memory and Intui
tion I figured he must be safe. I
wrote the sergeant to this effect.
Now, Ford Frick, president of the
National league, writes me that I
was wrong.
“The batter was out,” he says. “If
on a third strike the ball touches any
part of the batter, he is out auto
matically.”
I still can’t understand why, as
on a third strike the batter can run
on a ball thrown into the dirt or on
a wild pitch.
I only hope the marine sergeant
doesn’t sue me and I can only prom
ise that on the next matter of rules
I will consult Ford Frick before at
tempting to make any decision.
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Golf for Cripples
The most remarkable golfer I re
call was one who. had both arms cut
off just at the two shoulders. He
swung the club head with the shaft
of his club held between the chin
and neck. I’ve forgotten his name
but he used to play around 100.
There have also been cases of men
totally blind playing at least fairly
well with caddies to show them the
right line and estimate the distance
for the next shot. One blind Canadi
an soldier broke a hundred.
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